Just checked. Heres what it says on the main page. It takes a few attempts as the site is so busy. It also provides links to download Linkin Park mp3s. Chosen because the are the biggest selling band of last year and the most downloaded.
RIAA against music sharing? Not anymore!
RIAA to sue music sharers? Not Anymore
With the legal file sharing service kazaa still online, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) today announced that it intends to offer the latest albums for download from riaa.org.
As you are probably aware, the RIAA has been pursuing a policy of preventing this activity in recent months
We have recently become aware that this approach is yielding only limited results and in some cases may in fact be harming sales and the artists' revenue stream.
The RIAA wishes to apologise for the heavy-handed manner in which the popular chinese site Listen4Ever was closed down, and would like to present the following items for free download as a token of its goodwill.
Of course the list is relatively small, but please be patient - we expect to offer over 300 next week. We also intend to offer pre-released movies in the coming months.
If what you want isn't on the list, then please try Kazaa Lite - available here
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Tracks available:
01-linkin_park-opening-ser.mp3
02-linkin_park-pts.of.athrty-jay_gordon-ser.mp3
03-linkin_park-enth_e_nd-kutmasta_kurt_feat_motion_man-ser.mp3
04-linkin_park-(chali)-ser.mp3
05-linkin_park-frgt-10-alchemist_feat_chali_2na-ser.mp3
06-linkin_park-p5hng_me_awy-mike_shinoda_feat_stephen_richards-ser.mp3
07-linkin_park-plc.4_mie_haed-amp_live_feat_zion-ser.mp3
08-linkin_park-x-ecutioner_style-feat_black_thought-ser.mp3
09-linkin_park-h_vltg3-evidence_feat_pharoahe_monch_and_dj_babu-ser.mp3
10-linkin_park-(riff_raff)-ser.mp3
11-linkin_park-wthyou-chairman_hahn_feat_aceyalone-ser.mp3
12-linkin_park-ntr-mssion-ser.mp3
13-linkin_park-pprkut-cheapshot_and_jubacca_feat_rasco_and_planet_asia-ser.mp3
14-linkin_park-rnwaty-backyard_bangers_feat_phoenix_orion-ser.mp3
15-linkin_park-mydsmbr-mickey_p._feat_kelli_ali-ser.mp3
16-linkin_park-(stef)-ser.mp3
17-linkin_park-by_myslf-josh_abraham_and_mike_shinoda-ser.mp3
18-linkin_park-kyur4_the_ich-chairman_hahn-ser.mp3
19-linkin_park-1stp_klosr-the_humble_brothers_feat_jonathan_davis-ser.mp3
20-linkin_park-krwlng-mike_shinoda_feat_aaron_lewis-ser.mp3
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― Ian, Thursday, 29 August 2002 05:27 (twenty-three years ago)
four months pass...
Epilogue:
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Why RIAA Keeps Getting Hacked By Michelle Delio
The Recording Industry Association of America may not want people to
share digital files, but the organization certainly seems to be in
favor of open access to its website.
On Monday, the RIAA site was hacked for the sixth time in six months.
The RIAA's role as the music industry's voice against digital piracy
makes it an obvious target for those who are angered by what they see
as the organization's overly vehement crusade for copyright owners'
rights.
Since the RIAA site is such a tempting target, many wonder why the
organization hasn't made more of an effort to secure its site. On
Monday, access to the site's supposedly private innards was gained in
much the same way as it was last August.
Some security experts said in no uncertain terms that the latest
defacements indicate the RIAA is clueless about technology. They
charge that this ignorance has resulted in the RIAA attempting to
combat digital file sharing in ineffective, counter-productive ways.
"It's obvious that they don't get the Web, and they don't get
technology, or they'd understand how to protect their own website,"
said Wall Street systems administrator Anthony Negil.
"The flaws that people are exploiting to access their site are
elementary security issues, and there's no excuse for an organization
that purports to understand the dark side of the Internet to leave
such gaping holes in their own network infrastructure."
In response to the August defacements, the RIAA upgraded its server
software. But the software wasn't the problem.
"My opinion is that the people at the RIAA (who are) making the
statements about P2P hacking and the (Digital Millennium Copyright
Act), the executives and legal staff, are completely disconnected
from the technical folks who actually run the website," said Robert
Ferrell, a systems security specialist.
Ferrell and others predicted that if the RIAA escalates its
antipiracy efforts, the organization's site will be completely
knocked off the Internet.
"The RIAA honestly has no idea what they're up against. They will be
toast the first time they try to shut down a P2P network being used
by any serious black hats," Ferrell said.
The last time the RIAA site was hacked, downloadable pirated music
was posted. This time, a URL allowing access to the RIAA's system for
posting press releases was made publicly accessible, allowing people
to post messages that then appeared on the RIAA's official press
release page.
The URL was widely circulated on Internet relay chat groups on
Monday. People merrily posted bogus press releases and waited for the
RIAA's reaction.
Hours later, they were still waiting. The hole stayed open for seven
hours.
"Hey, don't you think they should have noticed that press release
urging people to have sex with barnyard animals by now?" one chat
participant asked, several hours after the bogus press releases first
hit the RIAA site.
A spokeswoman for the RIAA said the problem would have been
identified and handled sooner had it not occurred over the holiday
vacation week. She declined to comment on why the RIAA site has
suffered so many security problems over the past few months.
"I believe that the RIAA honestly has no idea what they're up
against," Ferrell said. "The RIAA and MPAA are Internet disasters of
potentially epic proportions just waiting to happen, and while I
don't ordinarily side with defacers and script kiddies, in this case
I'll make an exception."
― dave225 (Dave225), Monday, 6 January 2003 15:56 (twenty-three years ago)